Nonsense. Taxation as social policy is of dubious effect. Also, to take #1, you want people to earn less? To spend less of their earnings? The former will disco

Nonsense. Taxation as social policy is of dubious effect. Also, to take #1, you want people to earn less? To spend less of their earnings? The former will discourage/lower incomes, the latter will damage the economy. Progressive taxation is also a bedrock of "fairness."